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Grandma always said, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” and now science has proven that statement may be correct.

In April 2008, a new study was derived from the NHANES study, a large health & nutrition database in the United States.

The study showed that adults who eat apples and apple products, like applesauce and apple juice, had less abdominal fat, lower blood pressure, and a 27 percent reduced risk for developing metabolic syndrome, which leads to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

While no one can accurately predict where a traffic accident might take place, information gathered by the Kentucky State Police gives us a pretty good idea of when the odds are certainly more in our favor.

Based on its latest annual report, which was released last week, one of the safest places to be on the highway in 2010 was in a vehicle driven at dawn on a Sunday in March by a woman in her late 60s or early 70s who was making her way between Owensboro and Henderson on the Audubon Parkway.

Last week, President Obama visited the greater Northern Kentucky area to rally support for his bill, the American Jobs Act. The President claims his bill will get Americans back to work in part by funding critical infrastructure needs.

Tipton/Bramblett Family Reunion will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 2, at Bagdad Ruritan Building. Potluck meal at noon. For more information call Doris Cissell at (502) 722-1191.

Bailey Family reunion will be held Sunday, Oct. 2 at 12:30 p.m., at the Franklin County Senior Citizen Center, 202 Medical Heights Drive. Please bring a dish or two to share. For more information call Danny Bailey 502-875-5182.

Through their first four games, the Eminence Warriors defeated their opponents with relative ease.

Last week against Berea, despite a first half that showed some of the same ease, the Warriors held on to a seemingly tenuous lead, spending the bulk of the fourth quarter in their own territory offensively and defensively.

Head coach Steve Frommeyer said the team played well in the first half, with the exception of the opening drive.

When word got out at Eminence High School that biology and chemistry teacher Dawn Welch had been diagnosed this summer with breast cancer, members of the volleyball team decided they wanted to do something to show their support.

During tomorrow’s home volleyball game against arch-rival Henry County High School, the team is hosting a “Pink Out,” decorating the gymnasium in pink and encouraging everyone who attends to join them in wearing pink – the color associated with the fight against breast cancer.